# Can an Evangelical be Considered Anything but Ignorant? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 7, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-evangelical-be-considered-anything-but-ignorant/570577 "2011-02-07T21:12:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Naxos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Naxos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Naxos)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-evangelical-be-considered-anything-but-ignorant/570577/161 "2011-02-15T08:32:00Z")
> [@revelator771](#): > > Can an evangelical be considered anything but ignorant when discussing matters of faith and (…) (… ??? …) No. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-evangelical-be-considered-anything-but-ignorant/570577/162 "2011-02-15T10:39:34Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > In fact, if I remember correctly, all Christians are supposed to be Evangelists as they are all charged with ‘The Great Commission’. Hmmm… ‘The Great Commission’. Is that anything like the 12th Step? Whatever happened to “The Golden Rule”? Would a Christian want someone to ‘do unto them’ a bunch of blathering about how Zoroastrianism is The One True Way? I think not. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-evangelical-be-considered-anything-but-ignorant/570577/163 "2011-02-15T11:01:35Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > As for “intended as such”; would Darth Vader become more likely to actually exist if Lucas had gone around telling people that _Star Wars_ was a documentary created from visions sent to him by the Force? In many people’s minds (and not all of them Christian), the answer is yes. Well, at least so long as Lucas had referred to “Darth Vader” as “Satan” and to “The Force” by its ‘proper’ name: “Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Queen of Clubs”… (wait… that last part might just be something my own church kinda goes in for… scratch that.) Serious note: Am I being somewhat silly in this post? Yes, yes I am, and here’s why: it’s because 4 out of 5 impartial extraterrestrial anthropologists agree that using humor and ridicule when discussing this goofiness with crackpots is about the only way deal with this mass-delusion without having your head explode. (For the record, it seems the _fifth_ alien scientist was tempted by, and then converted by a succubus or a dragon faerie or the Cracker Jack sailor boy or the Stay-Puft marshmallow dude so his opinion doesn’t count.) –Thank you, The Management ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-evangelical-be-considered-anything-but-ignorant/570577/164 "2011-02-15T11:21:15Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > For that matter what about Greg Boyd? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg\_Boyd\_%28theologian%29](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Boyd_%28theologian%29) Again don’t agree with him much at all (except maybe on theistic evolution) Good point. And also, what about Kirk Cameron? I mean pretty much everyone has to agree that there’s something to that whole “bananas are perfectly designed to fit the human hand” thing. How else could you explain the design of that easy-peeling, and oh-so-appealing, hand sized fruit other than a Christian God who cares? Think about it. Could Allah have pulled that off? Please. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-evangelical-be-considered-anything-but-ignorant/570577.md?page=8)